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English 1A vocab
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Delude | (v.) To mislead the mind or judgment of; To deceive |
Edifice | (n.) An impressively large, overwhelming building or structure |
Egalitarian | (adj.) Belief that all people should have equal rights; (n.) One who believes that all people should have equal rights. |
Knead | (v.) To work clay or dough into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding and stretching |
Ostentatious | (adj.) Showy and intended to impress others |
Alienate | (v.) To cause to turn away |
Elated | (adj.) Very proud or happy, or in high spirits |
Epigram | (n.) A short, witty saying or quip |
Fatalistic | (adj.) Believing that everything is determined by fate and is inevitable |
Lackadaisical | (adj.) Without spirit or interest or effort |
Licentious | (adj.) Ignoring rules or morals; Uncontrolled and immoral |
Numismatist | (n.) One who collects coins |
Obtrude | (v.) To force something upon another person, To intrude upon |
Paucity | (n.) Smallness of number or scarce |
Pensive | (adj.) Deep in thought |
Amalgamate | (v.) To combine; To mix or blend together |
Antiquated | (adj.) Old-fashioned and obsolete, Not useful anymore, Old |
Beleaguer | (v.) To annoy persistently; harass |
Caricature | (n.) A picture or representation in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted; (v.) To make a distorted representation of someone or something |
Dally | (v.) To waste time idly, To fool around or delay |
Demented | (adj.) Crazy, mentally ill, insane |
Felonious | (adj.) Involving or concerning criminal activity, lawbreaking |
Gorge | (v.) To stuff with food, to swallow; (n.) A small canyon with steep walls |
Hone | (v.) To make sharper, to make more effective or improve |
Opiate | (n.) A narcotic drug that causes sleep and relieves pain |
Ambidextrous | (adj.) Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease |
Animate | (v.) To give life to, To move or stir to action; (adj.) Possessing life or alive |
Belated | (adj.) After the expected or usual time; Delayed or tardy |
Berserk | (adj.) Violently or destructively enraged; (adv.) Destructively or violently enraged |
Chauvinist | (n.) One who is prejudiced in the superiority of their gender, group, or kind; (adj.) Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind |